17 surprises we found in the Panama Papers leak

If you were on the Internet this past week, you’re probably aware of the Panama Papers, a several-terabyte leak of all sorts of highly sensitive information indicting everyone from Lionel Messi to Vladimir Putin. It’s an uncensored look into how the rich and powerful shuffle around their money without the meddling of policy or morality, and absolutely stands as a landmark moment in data journalism.

An elite team of investigative journalists sifted through the Panama Papers over the course of last year, and while hardcore financial reporting isn’t necessarily our thing, we still have some exclusives from the massive leak that we’d like to share with you now.

1) Confirmation that Drake has been storing the entire city of Toronto in an offshore account

An unprecedented leak of more than 11.5 million financial and legal documents from a Panamanian law firm has exposed the alleged financial dealings of Russian President Vladimir Putin and shed new light on how the world’s elite exploit secretive offshore tax regimes to move billions through offshore dummy corporations.